I love photography because it allows me the creative freedom to manipulate an image into whatever creative vision is floating in my mind at that particular moment when I am taking a photo or editing it. Also, I love it because it allows us to hold on to memories and feelings.

The art in itself is the keeper of history and it allows us to show its beauty,ugliness,strife and victory. Photography allows me share what I think is beautiful or interesting in my eyes and capture it with my lens for the world to see.

As an amateur photographer I would love to see the business side of things and also I would love to talk to and network with professionals in the industry. I want to take my passion and make it into a business after graduation next spring.

It all started when I was a little girl in grade school. Every single field trip (vacations also) I went on, my mother would purchase a disposable camera for me to take; if she was able to chaperone, she’d buy two cameras, one for me and her. In looking back, I remember being super anxious to get my film developed. We could never make it to our local Rite Aid fast enough! With each drop-off, I was consumed with vicious anticipation and curiosity. What would my images look like? Would all of my exposures come out? Which ones would I choose for my photo album? Which ones would I sticky tack to my wall?

I don’t think my mother actually knew she was helping to create a passion within me that would never die; I’ve only fallen deeper in love with photography. Unknowingly, she taught me that I could capture a single moment in time that would last forever, with just a click of a button.

Photography is love. Photography is life. Photography is my life.